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Some people traveled all across the land, to see us.







Living in a palace was nice and all, but we felt out of place.



The Penta-world belonged to its people.
We were merely the instruments of its liberation.



So we went away.



Grandmaster Taiko ant Mrs Kasuta came with us.
They, too, felt like they were now strangers.



-THE END-

Bravo!!

*throws garlands of raw squid*

Thank you. Thank you.

*bows*

(I think I have enough material for an appendix)

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Originally posted by ArkanGL:

(I think I have enough material for an appendix)

I thought we didn't need those anymore?

Add a bit of gore, maybe some unrelated risqué scenes and you can being pitching to the film studios, Arkan.



Japan: making even the most cold, inhuman aspects of urban life look kawaii.

Loved it, Arkan. Looks like you are having a fantastic time.

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Japan: making even the most cold, inhuman aspects of urban life look kawaii.

Definitely.

That's part of the reason why I did not enjoy this trip as much as the first one.

More precisely : the trip was awesome, and we had lots of fun, but real-life was more pervasively irritating this time.

Mrs GL spent a lot of her spare time reading this book on the Yakuza.
It's a scary depiction of the hypocrisy and evil underlying Japanese society.

We went to what used to be our favourite chanbara dojo, only to find our beloved old father-figure of a sensei leading a bunch of frustrated brutes, letting them pummel each other without ever trying to teach them moderation, and having a blast watching them.

We went to the national universtity karate championship at the Budokan, where it became painfully obvious that martial arts are an entirely Western notion. Karatekas are praticing a fighting sport. Kicking your oponent in the face while he's laying down is common practice, and nobody in attendance sees anything wrong with it.

That kind of things...

When you start paying attention, it's everywhere.
Inhumane stuff, that people see nothing wrong with, or do not EVER talk about (try saying 'yakuza' out loud in a restaurant).

Absolutely no chance politics will ever bring change.
The knowledge that the USA will hve the last word in any conversation.

The perfect dead end.

I sound like I'm culturally biased, I know.
I don't think I am.
I think there's something rotten in the country of the Rising Sun.
Everyone knows, but nobody thinks anything can be done to fix it.
I hope something will happen.
Something big.
A kick in the anthill.

Fucken awesome!!
especially these two are my favs



!!!

Epilogue

We traveled all across the land.



We ate strange foods.



We played strange games.



"Guys... It's been nice and all. But I'd like to go home."


That's when it appeared :



The ghost of a used condom.

In its spectral voice, it told us we were free to come home.
All we needed was to say the words.

"Take us home, O ghostly condom!"



And away we went.

Bravo! Two hooves up!

"The ghost of a used condom." Lol! That is exactly what a condom ghost would look like too.

Here's a video I made

*sigh*

*sigh*

... and here's my final video

As you can see, I have run out of images.

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Originally posted by ArkanGL:
When you start paying attention, it's everywhere.
Inhumane stuff, that people see nothing wrong with, or do not EVER talk about (try saying 'yakuza' out loud in a restaurant).

Today I heard a radio interview with an American who spent twelve years as a crime reporter in Japan. It's utterly fascinating stuff, and addresses some of the ways crime in Japan interacts with the government and "civilian" society.

I heard that interview too.

I think sometimes it is the ultra-politeness and non-confrontationalism that eats itself. Like the inversion of how American individualism and selfishness eats itself. Let fucked up shit continue because this is The Way and The Nail That Stands Out Will Be Hammered Down, vs Let fucked up shit continue because It's A Free Country, stay off my lawn, I stay off yours.

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Originally posted by BlueShift:

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Originally posted by ArkanGL:
When you start paying attention, it's everywhere.
Inhumane stuff, that people see nothing wrong with, or do not EVER talk about (try saying 'yakuza' out loud in a restaurant).

Today I heard a radio interview with an American who spent twelve years as a crime reporter in Japan. It's utterly fascinating stuff, and addresses some of the ways crime in Japan interacts with the government and "civilian" society.

Cool interview. I must tweet this...

Most people take the path of least resistance. It's very human.

Funny thing. I tweeted that link, and the guy tweeted me back. It's a small internet. (Or just very, very easy to search.)

Edit: He pointed me at this excerpt from the book online: http://metropolis.co.jp/features/feature/vice-guy/