Christopher Kincaid's Blog, page 31
November 22, 2020
Anime is Not Japanese Culture
The other day I stumbled across various YouTube videos of people who felt like they were “becoming Japanese” because of their increasing love for sushi, anime, manga, and “other things Japanese.” At first, I thought it was just attention grabbing, but as I dug deeper, many weeaboo of all different ages seemed to follow this…
November 15, 2020
Love and an Umbrella: Romance Anime and Context
Anime has many romance tropes, such as the symbolism of an umbrella. These tropes came out of the realities of relationships within modern culture. After all, romance is more about fantasy and escapism than any sort of reality. Romantic literature traces to 12th-century France. The first romance story appears to be Tristan and Iseult. As…
November 8, 2020
The Child of the Thunder
In among the hills of Echizen, within sight of the snowy mountain called Hakuzan, lived a farmer named Bimbo. He was very poor, but frugal and industrious. He was very fond of children though he had none himself. He longed to adopt a son to bear his name, and often talked the matter over with…
November 1, 2020
The Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Ichi
As a writer, I pay attention to words. Among the great debates my editing and writing friends have had concerns the use of the word they as a singular gender-neutral pronoun. Many people take offense to the use of he, she, her, his,��it, and him in reference to their gender identity. Let���s set aside the…
October 30, 2020
Server Problems and Writing Update
As you may have noticed, JP was down for few days. My webhost migrated to a new, faster server and broke a bunch of things. I think they are fixed. If you see anything odd, please let me know! I haven’t given you a writing update in awhile: I finished the first draft of a…
October 25, 2020
Kiyohim�� or the Power of Love
Kiyohim�� was written down around��1887 and contains dated language and spellings. This period brought many stories from Japan to the West. I left the language unchanged; I find the language charming. A bonze is another name for a Japanese or Chinese monk. A bonzerie is a monastery. Quiet and shady was the spot in the…
Kiyohimé or the Power of Love
Kiyohimé was written down around 1887 and contains dated language and spellings. This period brought many stories from Japan to the West. I left the language unchanged; I find the language charming. A bonze is another name for a Japanese or Chinese monk. A bonzerie is a monastery. Quiet and shady was the spot in the…
October 18, 2020
My Next Life as a Villainess
I watched My Next Life as a Villainess on a whim. I had been deep in my revisiting of various past anime series and needed something new. The new anime season has been thin with COVID-19 related closures and other events hampering production schedules. My Next Life offered a different look on the isekai genre.…
October 11, 2020
Download Kanzashi for Free Oct 12-16th
Download��Kanzashi��from Amazon for free from October 12th – 16th. If you could leave a review (whether you like the book or not!), it would help me out. Happy Early Halloween!
The Three Legends of Lake Biwa
These three stories combine to create a single legend. I kept the original 1918 spellings and grammar. I find them charming and interesting examples of how language can change. Language changes quite a bit over the course of a century. In any case, I hope you enjoy these stories. While up fishing on Lake Biwa,…
