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Re: Media decolonization
By: Zhang Caizhi Date: January 4, 2024, 7:42 am
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I read that 2014 Sailor Moon Crystal has story closely followed
the original manga by Takeuchi Naoko compared to 90s Sailor
Moon. So, I would like you to see if you like the original
manga.
HTML https://missdream.org/sailor-moon-scanlations/sailor-moon-manga-scanlations/
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 4, 2024, 4:09 pm
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"I read that 2014 Sailor Moon Crystal has story closely followed
the original manga by Takeuchi Naoko compared to 90s Sailor
Moon."
This is correct. As I already said:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/the-archetype-of-the-warrior-how-films-help-empower-us-all/msg24643/#msg24643
[quote]I am firmly in the camp that appreciates the original
series precisely for not sticking to the comic book source
material (unlike Crystal).[/quote]
"I would like you to see if you like the original manga."
Mostly not. Character exposition is extremely lacking, and the
characters themselves are far less likeable than they are in the
original series. The second movie was based on:
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and (while still much better than Crystal) is not as good as the
first movie which was an original story.
By the way, using the term:
[quote]manga[/quote]
is implicitly othering and thus unwoke. We do not (when
speaking/writing in English) call Japanese movies "eiga". There
is similarly no reason for (when speaking/writing in English)
calling Japanese comics "manga". It is only weeaboos who do
this:
HTML https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Weeaboo
[quote]Many weeaboos talk in butchered Japanese with the 8 or so
words they know (i.e. kawaii, desu, ni chan). While weeaboos
claim to love and support Japanese culture, counter intuitively,
they tend to stereotype Japanese culture
...
They are known to use Japanese words in the middle of English
sentences, and they are hated by society.
...
Weeaboos are very offensive to the Japanese because they put a
very unhealthy stereotype on the Japanese. That is why every
weeaboo in the world must be exterminated.[/quote]
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: Zhang Caizhi Date: January 20, 2024, 8:30 pm
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Sorry about this. I am Thai and word "manga" is widely used
amongst Thai people. In Thailand, woke is still considered to be
anti-social behavior.
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 20, 2024, 8:42 pm
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But would you call this a "manga"?
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And if not, why not?
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: Zhang Caizhi Date: January 20, 2024, 10:43 pm
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No. Thai translator companies popularized word "manga" for
Japanese comics and "manhwa" for Korean comics.
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 20, 2024, 10:51 pm
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Exactly. This is the problem. You should refer to all comics
using the standard word for comics in the local language.
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 28, 2024, 1:56 am
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Continuing from:
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[quote]I’ve been watching Sailor Moon for the first time, and I
really like Usagi’s characterization. She’s lazy, but has a
strong sense of justice that compels her to action despite her
laziness. I feel like that’s the perfect combination for a hero,
because that type of person is much less likely to abuse the
power bestowed upon them[/quote]
Which episode are you on at present?
You are exactly correct about Usagi. She is lazy because if the
world was as it should be, then nothing should need to be done,
and she is merely behaving as if she were already living in such
a world. The problem is fundamentally with the (post-Silver
Millennium) world for not being this way in reality, not with
her for being lazy. And it takes a personality like hers to
restore the Silver Millennium. In Season 3, they make fun of the
fact that even after she became Neo-Queen Serenity in the
future, she still hasn't learned to write a single kanji:
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(Present-day letter for comparison:
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)
Of course in Crystal, the idiot writers were oblivious to this
point and thus included kanji (plus paragraphing, indentation
and polite wording too!) in her letters:
HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPewiV3WsAAzMxE.png
This is why Crystal is utter trash. (Also note Crystal's far
more ornate letter paper - yuck!)
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: Zhang Caizhi Date: March 30, 2024, 1:34 am
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Not surprised for following the original book and add post-9/11
things as you said.
HTML https://missdream.org/raw-sailor-moon-downloads/manga/sailor-moon-nakayoshi-magazine/sailor-moon-nakayoshi-magazine-march-1994/
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Re: The Archetype of the Warrior – How Films Help Empower Us All
By: 90sRetroFan Date: August 9, 2025, 12:13 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ymp2z6VWM
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