Martin wrote a post on K-ON! that may warrant some consideration. This is not a criticism of Martin’s way of doing things; I quite enjoy his Mono no Aware, generally. This is, rather, an examination of certain assumptions in Martin’s post which may apply to many (particularly western) fans, an attempt to reveal these assumptions as cultural constructs, and my best guess at what that implies.
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From lump to legend: the Hirasawa Yui story
Posted 5 April 2009Those of you who have allocated enough points to Perception may have noticed a distinct lack of blog activity on my part. I certainly have plenty of time to kill, what with the economy’s unkindness to English majors and all (I may have a job lined up, finally, but I’m not getting my hopes up); I simply haven’t been able to muster the patience required to watch anime for any stretch of time. Which is pathetic, since it doesn’t require a lot of patience. But I’ve had things on my mind, namely real life, so I do hope you’ll forgive me for straying from the One True Path of the Enlightened Nerd.
At any rate, here I present to you a post about K-ON!, for which I have high hopes. I won’t blog every episode, as I don’t really like episodic blogging, even in this less formal context, and also I’m just lazy, but I will at least note a few initial observations here, and keep tabs on them as the show progresses.
