Quarterly Challenge: Feed Your Brain

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

Exercise your brain by picking up an educational book inspired by a subject covered in a manga (i.e.: Japanese Classics, Ikebana, tea ceremony, Enviromental History, Meiji Era, etc.).

A participant at the end of November will be picked at random to select an anime series for all of us to enjoy!

[Lear]

Hey I'm already reading something like that.

[Megek]

fallen angels are my thing for now

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

Lear wrote: "Hey I'm already reading something like that."

Don't you love it when that happens?
I'm thinking of picking up my on/off again folklore book.

What book are you reading?

[Lear]

How the Irish Saved Civilization

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

Sounds fun! Did you also read a manga that took place in Ireland? That would have been fun!

[Lear]

Are there any?
about the closest i can come up with aside from the random mission in dublin was Durarara!! which has a Dullahan as a major character, and Fate/Stay Night with Cu Chulainn.

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

I had forgotten about Fate/Stay Night. I saw the anime and when I saw the manga, I wasn't sure that I could handle reading it too.

[Jamie]

Does The Tale of Genji original novel work? They re-created the original story into a Manga series about 25 years ago. But I thought it would be great to read the original story that was written back 11th century. If I can get through the book in time. It is quite long... So I may have to fins something else in time.

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

I say yes. I was thinking of reading folklore for my book. But we'll have to see what I actually read. Right now I'm reading about names of places and the Mitford sisters.

Anywho- I'm guessing it's a classic. I don't know much about Japanese lit.

[Jamie]

Actually I think I will have to change that for now. I have too much I am reading now and probably won't have timeto read that long a book with the other books I've committed to. So I am changing mine to since this story inspired Saiyuki.

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

I'm hoping that I'll have time for this one too!
Geez! By the time I get home from my internship, this event will pretty much be done. Then I have to produce a 10 page paper about it. boo

[Jamie]

Ok, I have finished Journey to the West which inspired both Saiyuki and Dragon Ball. IT was great to find out what the based Goku's character off of. I really enjoyed it.

[Starbubbles, Respected Elder]

That's so neat! I never thought Dragon Ball would be based off of anything. hah! What isn't at the very least inspired by something else?

[Jamie]

Yea it was suppose to be. At least the character. Then DBZ came out and I have no idea if that is based on anything, lol. Saiyuki did a much batter job with the characters and even personality.

[hunger games and K POP LAVA!!!!]

i just finnish vol 2 vampire game!:)