Tuesday, September 28, 2004

   Not this again . . .
Does it never cease to sadden one how graphic novels, manga, are beginning to be created by those who lack Japanese background? It seems to rob the culture of its inheritance.
None the less, I have come up with an original name and plot that I'm hoping to turn into a graphic novel, but I refuse to ever call it a manga because I feel that would be wrong. Here's a little summary I wrote up so far about it.

Kokoro no Hogosha Matataku
When an ancient porclein statue disappears from the small village that had protected it for thousands of years, an orphan boy from the village will be sent to find it.
His troubles will be over when he finds he can see the spirit of the statue, or so he thinks. When he goes to tell the leader of the village, he discovers he is the only one who can see the spirit, and is sent away to find the porclein statue.
A rival village is said to have stolen the statue, but do they really have it? What really happened to the statue and will the orphan boy manage to recover it so that he may return home?
Matataku is a Kokoro no Hogosha [guardian spirit] of the peace and well-being of the age old village. Matataku means "glisten". The village depended on the Kokoro no Hogosha to provide plentiful rain and a bountiful harvest. The shrine of the village [dedicated to Matataku] was visited daily by the head of the village, the Shidôsha, in order to pray for a blessing from the Hogosha.

I've yet to decide what the main character's name will even be, but I want a character named Cherubino in there for sure. It's the name of a pageboy from Le Nozze di Figaro, the Marriage of Figaro, one of Mozart's most famous works. The way the name sounds is just great, which is why I'm gonna make someone have the honor of holding such a name. The main character of the story is going to be a very serious person, and I guess down the road he can meet someone to tag along with him and Matataku. Probably someone from a neighboring village sent to aid in finding the statue. That's all my ideas for now.
You know, earlier Patrick got upset with me when we were talking about vegetarianism and all sorts of statistics he's found. When he couldn't find anything else to say, he goes, "You're supposed to be on my side!!" Such an Arien thing to say. I told him that I don't take sides and analyze both sides fairly. I have to say, the arguement for the "meat side" is winning the debate. Even though, supposedly, 80% of our grains are used to feed our meat farms or whatever you'd rather call them, they wouldn't be very good to use to feed all the people starving. Sure, it'd be better than nothing, but if we used the meat that gets wasted and spoiled every year instead, the hungry would get better quality meals. Even if we didn't use the grain to feed the cattle on meat farms, I don't see us giving it to the poor. If we would do that, we'd be giving them the meat that we have right now, wouldn't we?

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