Hey, all. Long time no see...

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with Detective Conan, but right now I'm developing a story around its karate-ka heroine Ran Mouri (Rachel Moore, for those of you who might dimly recall the dub from [adult swim]), and I could really use some pointers from folks who've got more experience practicing, writing, ( Read more... )

This is an easy one, I hope ( Read more... )

Present day (or near enough as probably makes no difference), Japan ( Read more... )

what would be some common appearance and behavior stereotypes for delinquency in Japanese schools during the modern day? the character in question is 13 and has a reputation as being a delinquent, even though he's never really done anything distinctively bad and isn't trying to necessarily follow any "typical delinquent subcultures". also, is the ( Read more... )

So I have a kid character who's been homeschooled/informally taught before moving to a small town in Japan. She's noticeably not Japanese and hasn't had any introduction to the culture, though she's been taught the language and is conversationally fluent. She's about nine or ten years old ( Read more... )

Setting: Near-future or slightly AU Japan with hidden fantastic elements (the ways in which it differs from real-world Japan would not affect this question, however ( Read more... )

For my English assignment I'm to do something revolving around the Bombing of Darwin. I'm writing a story and the story is set in 1942 in Japan (unsure as of yet which city, though most likely a larger city.) The story is a set of letters written between two teenage boys (both sixteen), one in Japan and one in Darwin, NT Australia in the year 1942  ( Read more... )

Setting: Tokyo, Japan, 2009. I am planning on writing a fanfic set during a fictional version of the All Japan High School Soccer tournament. I won’t be calling it that, but I want a high school competition with a lot of importance, though the information doesn’t have to come directly from that particular tournament; I could use any info on amateur ( Read more... )

Okay, I've looked EVERYWHERE for information on this, but most of it ends up being about anime, which as we all know isn't always realistic. Hopefully, some of you JET expats and other culture saavy commentors can help me out here ( Read more... )

Setting: Modern day Japan
Situation: K, a sixteen year old boy, was in a car that crashed. He survived, but was comatose for a couple of weeks. His father and two sisters (both aged eleven) did not survive the crash. He has no other living family.

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