I ordered the DVD of Ten Nights of Dreams the other week and finally sat down to watch it. It is the 2008 "omnibus film" adaptation of Natsume Soseki's short story "Ten Nights of Dream" (Yume Juuya). I first read it for a course on Japanese gothic literature, and it remains a favorite. An unofficial English translation can be found here, and the ( Read more... )

((So by "Monday" I apparently really meant "Thursday night". But whatever; this thing takes up 7 pages on MS Word so I hope you've got a nice big mug of tea.))

Disclaimers and Notes: this post contains spoilers for the most recent arc, especially chapters 516, 517, and 518. Questions, comments, discussion, and arguments are welcome; statements ( Read more... )

Oh hey, you know how a while back I said I wanted to do an essay on Nami? WELL, I HAVE DONE IT. It is huge and unwieldy and reveals sloppy methodology and I feel very strongly about it.

Notes: This essay contains SPOILERS for the Alabasta arc, Enies Lobby arc, and Thriller Bark arc, as well as general spoilers for the manga in general, up ( Read more... )