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littlegreenwolf
Joined: 10 Aug 2002
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Location: Seattle, WA
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 Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:03 pm
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| hitokiriizo wrote: | | kinda funny how alot anime/manga/j-book fans will defend they're hobby til death and say they like them because they are different compared to western lit and comics but refuse to read a book due to 1 rape scene of a fictional character |
Kinda funny how some fans can't bring themselves to find fault with their hobby, so much to the point they become blind to all senses and begin to criticize others for doing what they can't. Don't generalize all of us into one category, you just make yourself look foolish, especially went you don't have the sources to back your claim that any of us fall into what you describe.
I'm a bookworm, and books are books to me whether they're written in America, Spain, England, China, etc. I stated before I set this standard of rape for ALL books I read, and even mentioned a few western titles. The whole senseless rape thing isn't just something you see in Japanese lit, it's in world wide lit. Rape can be written in books in a semi-tasteful manner, but when a woman just gives in and tries to enjoy it as suggested by the author of the article it goes into what I'm assuming to be a fantasy of Yasutaka Tsutsui, and apparently a lot of men, not just Japanese. It's something I won't support, and that goes for the bizarre instances it shows up in shoujo/josei manga too.
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:38 pm
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| hitokiriizo wrote: | | kinda funny how alot anime/manga/j-book fans will defend they're hobby til death and say they like them because they are different compared to western lit and comics but refuse to read a book due to 1 rape scene of a fictional character |
Ya raep what you sow. Is it rape if ya end up liking it or surprise sex? Ask Scarlett O'Hara or some BL titles.
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doc-watson42
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:42 am
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| Quote: | | Unfortunately, getting your hands on a copy of Paprika will probably be more difficult than it should be, since the publisher is Alma Books, based in the UK. [...] You can also try to obtain a copy from your local public library through interlibrary loan. |
Paprika at BookFider.com (for sale) and WorldCat (in libraries; 1, 2), respectively.
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TJ_Kat
Joined: 11 Jan 2007
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Location: Saskatoon, Canada
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:07 am
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| littlegreenwolf wrote: | | I find rape scenes written by men usually unnecessary or overly detailed (Terry Goodkind - here's looking at you and your whole sword of truth series). |
terry goodkind has got nothing on john norman (both of them just add the sex and rape to compensate for their poor writing). the gor series started out not bad, but as the series progressed, it became entirely unreadable. i'm amazed i got through as many volumes as i did. i blame my ocd.
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sirkoala13
Joined: 27 Sep 2009
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Location: Muscle Tower, U.S.
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:24 pm
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Hey, by any chance, have you done an article on Gurren Lagann? It may not seem it, but there's actually some philosophical talk about evolution and whatnot. There's a little bit in the beginning, and then picks up alot towards the end.
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