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received directions to the library, Kusuriyuri found himself a little baffled by the sheer number of books availible. He glanced around himself, relieved the walls were covered in bookcases. The moving pictures were too close to mononoke, and though he appeared unruffled, that all his instincts and tools told him there were no mononoke
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"Good evening," he said to Kusuriyuri.
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"And what brings you to the library?"
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"If I may be so bold, the people here seem..." He trailed off, not wanting to give offense. Another Japanese person would understand his discomfiture with how direct and open and rude the people were, he was sure. He did not believe culture would change that much in such a short amount of time. It was too deeply ingrained in the Japanese to be Japanese, after all.
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And as much as he'd hate to promote a stereotype, it did seem to him that the Japanese challengers were more reserved (Toshiro Kandagawa a glaring exception) while the foreign challengers (namely the Americans) were more assertive.
When the hell did this become social commentary?
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