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beyourselfchulanmaria · 2 years

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也許在你最糟糕的時候，家不過是兩隻手臂緊緊地抱住你。

Maybe home is nothing but two arms holding you tight when you're at your worst.

─ Yara Bashraheel 亞拉·巴什拉赫爾

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❀ (left) : 谷口嘉作品展 2018 日本. 銀座

❀ (right) : Lan was having tea-time at that simple / small coffee shop to take a break out of studio in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 高雄, 台灣

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❀ Ink painting : Katsushika Hokusai · Branch (1786)

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#chu lan maria #chu lan #artist from taiwan #Fine craft artist #memory in japan #i love japanese culture #我愛中國茶藝文化 #I love Chinese tea art culture #love travel #art is my life #朱蘭皮藝 #beautiful life

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michaels-reality · 8 days

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Diversity talk around Dungeon meshi makes me feel insane because all that was done is drawing normal looking white people. I can count the people of color on one hand and most of them are ambiguously brown, and on the other hand I can count the fat characters and most of them are specific fantasy races.

Ryoko Kui has a remarkable art style and everyone is drawn with love and I really admire it, but I feel like it shouldn't be the pinnacle of diversity for some of you. Falin isn't fat, she's just a big normal looking lady. Laios also isn't fat, he just has a regular looking muscular build without the dehydration six pack. The fat characters we do see are dwarves and orcs, which seem to make it look like the only way you can be fat is to a specific fantasy race. That may sound like a reach and may actually be a reach, but it is a little sus to me </3.

Characters like leed, namari, and senshi mean a lot to me but I wish we saw more fat humans or elves or etc. I know Ryoko Kui does explore more body types for different races in the art books but I'm a little disappointed it wasn't in the actual manga.

Not to mention the lack of black people 😭 Like I'm usually not expecting to see black people in anime and manga, I know that I can't always be asking all that from this kind of stuff, but seeing Kui actually draw black people in some of her studies in the art books and not seeing them present in the manga made me a little sad 😭. Like the brown characters we do have are KiKi, KaKa, Thistle, Kabru, and Cithis (plus a few extras that show up for like 2 seconds). Most of them are ambiguous, talking about the elves. Like we have brown elves but also we have pitch black elves, that makes me think they are only brown cus they are dark elves.

People like to argue like "Oh but it's fantasy and these are fantasy races so what do you expect?" but I think there is something to be said how it's always white people in these fantasy settings and brown and black people taking a backseat. I love dungeon meshi, I really do, but it is in no way revolutionary, it is just the standard.

IN MY OPINION ANYWAYS!

#blah blah ramblings #dunmeshi #also when i say people of color im not talking about characters from the eastern region #they are people of color but it is the norm for a japanese author of a japanese manga to write characters based of their japanese culture #so that doesnt really apply here </3 #i really love how ryoko kui adds elements of japanese culture all through out the story and characters though #its really good

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xuroky · 1 year

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Castti Florenz my love

#octopath traveller ii #octopath traveler 2 #castthrone #castti florenz #throne anguis #my art #local white woman is culturally appropriating traditional japanese wear find out more at 8 #jk she slays #i love her ribbon so good....

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weewoow-20706030 · 11 months

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Inside me there are two wolves.

One says Tim Drake is half Asian.

And the other says that Tim looks almost like a carbon copy of Bruce.

#theyre fighting #like- I love the wasian Tim hc #but Imagine if Bruce and Tim were uncannily similar #how funny would that be #they are so similar personality wise. why not looks wise too #but Tim being half Japanese.... the little cultural things he does.#and Him looking like he is biologically related to Cass.....#anywaysss #tim drake #batfam #dc #batfamily #batfam hc #batfam hcs #batfam headcanons #tim drake headcanon #asian tim drake #bruce wayne

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syrupsyche · 28 days

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🌸for the art ask game

🌸: a character with flowers that match their personality

—Plum blossoms are a symbol of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity; they bloom at the end of winter, thus heralding the start of spring and bringing forth new life

Thank you for the ask! Hope you liked this 🥺

#you didn't specify a character so I selected Cosette bc I love her #plum blossoms are pretty common in Chinese culture (and Korean and Japanese culture too)#so gave Cosette a bit of my culture teehee #plus I think she looks great with them!!#les mis #les mis fanart #cosette #cosette fauchelevent #syrup art tag #syrup asks

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philzokman · 7 months

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natsume soseki did not say "don't say 'i love you', instead say 'the moon is beautiful tonight, isn't it'" FOR NONE OF YOUS TO WRITE IT INTO UR FICS!!!!!!!!

#BSD FANDOM ESPECIALLY!!! HES OUR GUY!!! HES THERE!!!#i say this very loosely bc like idk how it went #its a rumour that he said this right #but like fomr what i remember #natsume soseki was an incredibly talented translator but i think he preferred writing original novels #but he was one of the pushers of colloqusalised translations rather than direct which was more popular at the time #so one of his students came up to him w a novel translated from english to japanese and in part of it #one of hte characters said 'i love you'#BUT apparently natsume said that wasnt very realistic in japan due to cultural norms (iirc) and saying ' i love you' would seem too intimat #therefore instead of saying that #say something like 'the moon is beautiful tonight isnt it'#ANYWHO USE IT MORE!!!! i watched a kdrama a while back that used that (hype bc the premise was they were at a publishing firm)#and hwen i say ive never thrown myself across the room harder #pretty pretty please use it also do not take this story time as truth im stupid as fuck and also could be completely wrong but im p sure #thats how it went idk #FHDSJKF #lea.txt #bungo stray dogs #bsd #sobbing violently #bungou stray dogs #natsume soseki

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halluciniwaynia · 2 months

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my other thing I like about DECT is that it’s a very friendly introduction to metafiction literature that isn’t just smarmy fourth wall breaking but also isn’t so intensely layered like house of leaves that someone completely unfamiliar with the concept couldn’t get it

#there’s a lot to love about the structure of DECT and how it plays into a shit ton of concepts. like the illusion of self-awareness by #fictional characters along with the four act structure. Which to me feels like an ode to death given four is #associated with death in Japanese/Chinese cultures.#like with all metafiction DECT gives off the illusion it is aware of the cruelty and tragedy of V2’s fate. But at the same time you can also #tell there is an intense sadness communicated by the author’s intention in unraveling this abrupt truth #which I think is…personally one of the greatest strengths of metafiction. you no longer see into the heads of just the characters #but the one who actually gave you illusion they were alive #DECT #dreams end come true #ultrakill #personal post #v2 #mirage ultrakill #mirage

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morporkian-cryptid · 5 months

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I was going to make a joke about these being the shittiest Inari fox statuettes in the history of Shinto, but you know what? I think I did a pretty good job! Especially considering I made them from scratch out of Fimo dough using a fork, a paperclip and an eraser.

#me? building a home-made kami altar? mayhaps.#obligatory disclaimer: i do not believe in shinto (or any other religion for that matter) nor do i intend to actually worship at that altar #i simply have a deep appreciation for japanese culture and i feel a certain connection with shinto in general and inari-sama in particular #hence wanting to craft something for myself that reminds me of a culture i love #the hobbit crafts #japan #fox #kitsune #shinto #inari

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culture-and-relationships · 2 months

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How to say "I love you" in your partner's language - Part 1

English: I love you

Spanish: Te quiero / Te amo

French: Je t'aime

Italian: Ti amo

German: Ich liebe dich

Portuguese: Eu te amo

Russian: Я тебя люблю (Ya tebya lyublyu)

Chinese (Mandarin): 我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)

Japanese: 愛してる (Ai shiteru)

Korean: 사랑해 (Saranghae)

Arabic: أحبك (Ana bahebak)

Hindi: मैं तुमसे प्यार करता/करती हूँ (Main tumse pyaar karta/karti hoon)

Greek: Σ'αγαπώ (S'agapo)

Turkish: Seni seviyorum

Dutch: Ik hou van jou

Swedish: Jag älskar dig

Bokmål: Jeg elsker deg

Finnish: Rakastan sinua

Polish: Kocham cię

Hungarian: Szeretlek

Nynorsk: Eg elskar deg

Dangme (spoken in Ghana): I suɔ mo.

We'll add more languages in the nest posts. Ask if you want to add your own language or different phrases. We're always open to feedback!

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kaiser1ns · 3 months

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Will anyone be interested in a series with Itoshi Sae as a samurai? :3 Genuinely asking because i have the idea and the first chapter done ^^

#✧* 🤍 kiki’s rambling #a lot of Japanese historical stuff #I had to search so much information #It's worth it tho #I love the Japanese culture and history #itoshi sae #sae

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stupid-sloot-headcanons · 6 months

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My bitching and overall disinterest in JJK aside, I do think it's nice that a series with such a big emphasis on individualism being the way to succeed in a culture that's so focused on collectivism is kinda heartwarming. Like ever since I started teaching I've found that it's been a surprising influence on some of the kids here

A lot of my students who love JJK are also kids who "stand out" a bit from norms, esp the otakus. But they don't have any shame about intensely loving smth or being teased or viewed as weird by others. A lot of Japanese kids struggle with shame for standing out and seeing so many young kids and teens refuse to make themselves fit in to smth they don't want to be makes me really happy. So JJK will always have a special albeit weird spot in my heart for how it's helped a lot of young readers embrace being an individual in a collectivist country that typically hammers out any traits that make you stand out too much.

Even if it personally isn't my thing and if it's not the first series to have big themes of individuality, I do appreciate how much it's inspired some of its readers.

#like the message of Be Selfish in JJK is honestly what i think a lot of japanese ppl need to hear #being self-centered is not a wholly bad thing and in a culture that expects you to sacrifice so much for the whole? its a way to survive #.jjk #personal #i had a mini lesson on Day of the Dead and the word ofrenda. and i explained that some ofrenda are for family and some are for famous ppl #so i included the Chile metro station memorial/ofrenda of Gojo that ppl made after he died and the kids LOVED it #like one of my 6th graders is a huge otaku and is a little awkward but i love how enthusiastic she gets when talking about anime and manga #she just pointed at the ofrenda pic and was like THANK YOU bc she loves knowing that so many foreigners love the things she does and just as #passionately!#sloot in japan #sloot's essays

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samuraijackpostdump · 2 months

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dude I was looking through clips for a reference image and it literally makes me sick with anger that Genndy chose to portray Africa like That. Literally racist caricatures like come onnnn man. The worst part is that I really want to LIKE that episode aside from the art direction. His mentor is a very sweet guy and I like Jack’s little rivalry with the other kid. I dislike that Jack has to save everyone and the other tribe is portrayed even worse, but at least Jack isn’t fighting by his fucking self the whole scene. there was so much potential in this episode if Genndy hadn’t been so fucking racist with his character designs. I do not fucking understand why he chose to make them absolutely pitch black in color. That’s not what humans look like. It’s like how he colors Jack straight up yellow sometimes. I know during the time this came out it was not very likely for bigotry to get called out but that had to have made some people uncomfortable. Jeeeeesus Christ. The guy portrayed China more respectfully than he portrayed literally any other culture including Japan lmao. Actually I take that back he gave quite a few Chinese characters racist accents. The man wanted a ‘multiethnic’ feel to his show but could not fucking stop being white and racist for it

#samurai jack #I HAAAAATE ITTTT #I love the character of the African Chief I just can’t stand his fucking character design. you didn’t deserve that king #I say he didn’t portray Japan well bc he barely even did. it was like some hand wavey Vibe of Japan and nothing concrete #he at least bothered to portray Shaolin monks without just making them aggressively Chinese #Genndy straight up knew more abt China than he did Japan bc there are SO many times #where what Genndy thinks is a Japanese culture thing is more just him considering all East Asians the same #listen I love samurai jack but I think it got away with this a little too easily. I think Genndy should get some flak for that #that whole ‘great ancestors’ prayer is cool and all but Jack wouldn’t be praying to them like in fucking Mulan. that’s not his religion.#in Japanese culture you can and do pray to your ancestors but not like. in the middle of nowhere in battle?#it made for a cool moment to show Jack wasnt abandoned by his culture but it was. not even a little accurate LOL #I GGUESS the argument could be made Jack was just sending a little prayer up but it still felt. off #not even people in China prayed like that to nebulous ancestors in the sky LOL #it’s just kind of an orientalist thing. idk maybe Genndy pulled the idea from somewhere like most of his Jack scenes but #it’s not Japanese in nature LOL #I can see it coming from a Conan scene. a goood chunk of Jack was inspired by Conan #anyway. the most accurate fucking Japanese culture scene was when the Jack robot was praying to what he could scrounge up as a small shrine #and it WASNT EVEN REAL JACK.

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pb-dot · 3 months

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Film Friday: Bullet Train

I've been missing a few Film Fridays lately, partially because mental health has just kinda been like that and partially because I've been struggling with a slightly more meaty analysis that my brain just won't let me figure out properly. As such, I'm going to get into the swing of things again with a movie that is pretty stupid, and I say that with all possible love and admiration.

Ladybug isn't really comfortable with the title of hitman anymore, he's trying out a more harmonic life, but even so he does find it in himself to undertake what should by all accounts be a simple last-minute job. Board the eponymous train, grab a suitcase, and get off at the next station. Oh, were it only so easy. Turns out said bullet train is flush with kooky assassins and hitmen who are either out for the suitcase, the lives of one or more of each other, or have larger and more ominous designs.

There's Ladybug, of course, the quirky pair of British wetworks men Lemon and Tangerine out to escort a drugged-out VIP and a suitcase full of money, notorious and sneaky The Hornet who's skulking about somewhere, the megalomaniacal but brilliant Prince playing a larger game with the life of desperate father Kimura's child as ante, as well as the hot-headed Wolf who is out for vengeance and a paycheck, but mostly the vengeance thing. It's quite the web of coincidences, interferences, and merry chaos as these murderers navigate the crowded train.

It's chaotic, but one throughline that honestly makes the constant shifting priorities and allegiances of Ladybug and the other hitmen work is that it's all a job to them, a very messy job that may or may not be arranged by a Russian usurper of the Yakuza crime syndicate known as White Death, but still a job. Whenever it's expedient for our heroes and antiheroes to not kill each other, they'll show professional courtesy to each other, bantering in that "a little bit too cool" stylized way that's second nature to Hollywood assassins.

What sets the banter apart, though, is a distinct sense of humor. Lemon, much to Tangerine's annoyance, has a theory of human personalities and moral character based on Thomas The Tank Engine. Ladybug has luck that fluctuates wildly between being impossibly good and impossibly bad, and he has a problem with remembering faces which makes some of the networking with his fellow killers challenging. Wolf's role in the movie is short in a way that feels darkly comedic yet apt, and I was surprised to learn this was, in fact, a cameo from musician Bad Bunny (listen, I'm old, ok?)

It's all breezy fun. The movie takes itself about as seriously as any movie that features a Japanese-language cover of "Holding Out For A Hero" in a moment of high drama, but that's fine, the movie expects you to chuckle along, knowing full well it has your heart in a vise by the third cover of "I'm forever blowing bubbles." Not a joke by the way, the few moments that Bullet Train allows itself to express emotion more complex than "holy shit" and/or laughter, it's acted well enough and with enough genuine skill that it actually gets to me a fair bit.

It'd be an act of overstatement to call Bullet Train all that deep, but it adds up to more than the sum of its parts. It ends up saying some fun things about fate. I wouldn't exactly cite it in a philosophy paper or anything of the sort, it is fun to sit at the end of the "Michael Shannon plays Russian roulette in an oni mask to look badass" movie and go "You're right movie, maybe human misery DOES come from the hubris of believing ourselves to be masters over fate." I don't know, it's just nice for a crowd-pleasing action movie to go out on a note of what seems like a genuinely held belief and not "welp that happened" glibness. It reminds me a bit of Mr. and Mrs. Smith like that, a movie I'll probably end up talking about here one of these days.

#film friday #bullet train 2022 #I also didn't really have time to get into it #but there are some parallels between Ladybug and Nagito Komeda of Dangen Ronpa #in that “very intense luck that could be argued to be very good or very bad but whatever it is it is a lot” sense #No idea if it reflects a Japanese cultural idea about luck or not #would love to dig into that a little deeper one day if the opportunity should present itself #anyway Bullet Train is fun go watch it

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omishu · 19 days

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holy shit

finally got around to watching Inu-Oh, and ... I'm obsessed

#Truly excellent film #Ugh I love everything about this movie #Why the hell did I wait so long to watch it?#Breathtaking animation ✅️ music that slaps so hard ✅️ hot boys ✅️✅️#Inu-Oh #Japanese culture #Animated feature film #Art

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merrilark · 1 day

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Gonna!!!!! Have my first Japanese class this Thursday!!

#you guys have no idea how long i've wanted to take a proper japanese course #i wanted it in highschool but had to take spanish bc that was all they offered.#then i wanted to take it in college but they didn't have it there either so i took french.#and!! don't get me wrong spanish and french are fun but japanese has always been a language i've been super interested in.#hiragana / katakana / kanji really lights up the artist part of my brain i think. i love how it looks.#sdfklsk that is not the reason i want to learn it. i genuinely just think the language & culture is lovely & i would like to visit japan.#tried to teach myself for years through w/e books or free apps i could find but i don't think my brain is made for self-teaching language.#esp one that is so different from english. spanish? okay fine. it's easy and i think i can generally guess how something is pronounced.#japanese?? i could maybe teach myself to read but i think i'd butcher speaking.

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fluffydreamland · 1 month

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today's practice!, I got inspired by this blouse and skirt that have this flowery lace, its so cute!,they are from totally different brands I think, but I forgot the names, im tryng to make less round arms,but the right one looks stiff and stuff,and trying diffferent standing poses,comments are aprecciated!,thanks for reading!

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