Thursday, June 21, 2012

A brief look at wearing kimono in modern society

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As much as Japan as modernized and westernized in the last fifty years, there is still something of the classical there.  New apartment buil...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Manga Monday: How far will a young scholar go to win the hand of the maiden?

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A beautiful girl, living in a monastery with her mother and maid, spies a travelling scholar in the orchard in the manga based on a classic...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

As people slowly disappear, does anyone else notice?

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Standalone short stories can be difficult to read.  Oftentimes, just as a story begins to pick up and engage the reader, the story comes to ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Jane and Melody learn that men are never what the seem...for good and for ill.

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With the rise in popularity of books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies  and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters , as well as the growt...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Manga Monday: It's nice to see guys chasing after Akane again

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A school production of Romeo and Juliet spirals completely out of control, and Akane tries cooking once again in  Ranma 1/2 Volume 7 . ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

If I raised a cat from the dead, I'd name it Lazarus, too.

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Barbara Everette is back, fighting for the Light in the second Special Circumstances book  Queen of Wands  by John Ringo. Note:   Quee...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Manga Monday: Even Doctor Black Jack makes mistakes sometimes

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From pickpockets to fugitives to yakuza, our favorite unlicensed doctor works on all types in Black Jack Volume 4 . Note:   Black Jac...