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About my favorite manga and the memory of ‘The Manga Talk Party’

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Let me talk about that I had so much fun at the ‘Manga-Talk party’! We introduced and had a good discussion about manga at a Manga-bar, Nyi-ma. The theme this time was ‘Good-Bye’. Each of the participants had a brief presentation on how great the manga was and the most impressive points. All of them were very impressive and made me want to read them. I was so moved! However, the manga that I introduced was not about ‘farewell’, but kind of like ‘never say good bye to you!’ (who is ‘you’? is the most important point of this story). I am a bit of a contrary person… The title … [Read more…]

My impressions about ‘Never Let Me Go’ of Kazuo Ishiguro received the Nobel Prize for literature

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My 'Never let me go' CD

Last year, Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for literature!  That is very happy news even for me who read only one book of his.  Because the book I read, Never Let me Go’ moved, depressed, and never let me go from thought…  The feature in the story about Organ Transplantation becoming a common treatment is nothing but hell.  I wonder If the disease that needs Organ Transplantation will become common in our future, or why people do not try to improve their environment or lifestyle? Will they become aware of the  effects on our bodies like unhealthy food, nuclear power or disposal of industrial effluent? It is Ok for my body to be used … [Read more…]

The memories of the old tent show exhibition at MINPAKU and Shoujyo-Tsubaki, the famous cult movie

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showing my face from the hole of the signboard for the tent-show

I’ve just had an offer from my agent to work at the National Museum of Ethnology as an administration staff member, but it has not been decided yet, which reminded me of the last year’s fun memory of the exhibition mentioned below. I went to the exhibition about the history of Japanese show tents at the National Museum of Ethnology in October last year. These tents would closely resemble what was considered a freak show.  The exhibition was amazing, not only academic, but also rich in variety including freak shows, mechanical dolls like automated and 3D models of horrible sights of murder or something like that! I love USJ horror nights and I … [Read more…]