Everybody Comes to Rick's
The Setting of the Sun, Chapter 3: Anything Goes
I feel like I've gone far too long without updating this fanfic, especially since I left it just when things were starting to get interesting. For one thing this chapter introduces a few other supporting characters and a location I had a great deal of fun creating.
Unfortunately for me, the fun of this fic: the descriptions, the AU versions of the characters and the twisty plot, also mean that it's rather harder going than my other stuff. Hence the reason so much time has passed in between updates.
Another note on this chapter is that it features the arrival of the Americans. I never intended this story to get political, despite occuring a mere two years after the end of World War II, but the tension between the Japanese and the occupying US forces was something I didn't feel I could ignore, especially in a story narrated by a former military officer. By way of an excuse, this same tension is hinted at - fifty years later - in the OAVs. Perhaps it wouldn't be the case if there were no canon American supporting characters, but the war and its aftermath is having a much larger effect on the story and everyone in it than I originally anticipated. The irony of all this is that if you read the Chandler novels, the ones set during the war hardly mention it.
For these and more exciting developments from post war noir Tokyo - which I am still working on - stay tuned.
I feel like I've gone far too long without updating this fanfic, especially since I left it just when things were starting to get interesting. For one thing this chapter introduces a few other supporting characters and a location I had a great deal of fun creating.
Unfortunately for me, the fun of this fic: the descriptions, the AU versions of the characters and the twisty plot, also mean that it's rather harder going than my other stuff. Hence the reason so much time has passed in between updates.
Another note on this chapter is that it features the arrival of the Americans. I never intended this story to get political, despite occuring a mere two years after the end of World War II, but the tension between the Japanese and the occupying US forces was something I didn't feel I could ignore, especially in a story narrated by a former military officer. By way of an excuse, this same tension is hinted at - fifty years later - in the OAVs. Perhaps it wouldn't be the case if there were no canon American supporting characters, but the war and its aftermath is having a much larger effect on the story and everyone in it than I originally anticipated. The irony of all this is that if you read the Chandler novels, the ones set during the war hardly mention it.
For these and more exciting developments from post war noir Tokyo - which I am still working on - stay tuned.