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Totaku wrote:Recently heard a story that suggest that some Japanese are discussing making their own rendition of Katawa Shoujo. Donno why or how come. I don't have a direct link or anything regarding this since it was picked up on twitter on some point.

But from what I was told based on the rumor. They are considering having a Japanese artist known as MAMA do the art. Who's MAMA? Well I got a link via pix (course he's known for his +18 art) to take heed. http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=10358

While I'm at it he posted somewhere his first initial sketches of Misha, Shizune, and Emi.

What's your take on this? I personally think this may be a few Japanese overreacting out of surprised of where KS came from ATM. But yeah is anyone can find some more on this said info that would please me.

Nekken wrote:Judging from the art style, this "new rendition" appears to be an attempt to argue that KS is a form of cultural appropriation. This new dev team feels that KS, because it is done by people not born into a specific culture with certain storytelling conventions and styles, mocks those styles. So they intend to reverse the roles in an attempt to demonstrate, in some way, how that makes them feel. In MAMA's case, that means adopting an art style that would typically be thought of as Western, or perhaps more to the point, as American.

Fronzel wrote:

Nekken wrote:

Totaku wrote:Judging from the art style, this "new rendition" appears to be an attempt to argue that KS is a form of cultural appropriation. This new dev team feels that KS, because it is done by people not born into a specific culture with certain storytelling conventions and styles, mocks those styles. So they intend to reverse the roles in an attempt to demonstrate, in some way, how that makes them feel. In MAMA's case, that means adopting an art style that would typically be thought of as Western, or perhaps more to the point, as American.

This just reminds me of some Iranian newspaper's butthurt threat to make offensive cartoons about Jesus in the wake of the Danish Mohammed cartoons global mega-butthurt. I don't know if they followed through since the response was more or less "please send us a copy".

The Japanese could write a book about cultural appropriation, anyway.

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Totaku wrote:Sancom Wahahahaha!

I don't trust that place even if it was the only online source left on Earth! XD

Oh yeah I may be sort of new but this is relevant to our discussion about Japanese's take on KS. Then maybe I can bring this up....

Recently heard a story that suggest that some Japanese are discussing making their own rendition of Katawa Shoujo. Donno why or how come. I don't have a direct link or anything regarding this since it was picked up on twitter on some point.

But from what I was told based on the rumor. They are considering having a Japanese artist known as MAMA do the art. Who's MAMA? Well I got a link via pix (course he's known for his +18 art) to take heed. http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=10358

While I'm at it he posted somewhere his first initial sketches of Misha, Shizune, and Emi.


What's your take on this? I personally think this may be a few Japanese overreacting out of surprised of where KS came from ATM. But yeah is anyone can find some more on this said info that would please me.

Rivin wrote:

Totaku wrote:Sancom Wahahahaha!

I don't trust that place even if it was the only online source left on Earth! XD

Oh yeah I may be sort of new but this is relevant to our discussion about Japanese's take on KS. Then maybe I can bring this up....

Recently heard a story that suggest that some Japanese are discussing making their own rendition of Katawa Shoujo. Donno why or how come. I don't have a direct link or anything regarding this since it was picked up on twitter on some point.

But from what I was told based on the rumor. They are considering having a Japanese artist known as MAMA do the art. Who's MAMA? Well I got a link via pix (course he's known for his +18 art) to take heed. http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=10358

While I'm at it he posted somewhere his first initial sketches of Misha, Shizune, and Emi.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7108/1326118997401.jpg

What's your take on this? I personally think this may be a few Japanese overreacting out of surprised of where KS came from ATM. But yeah is anyone can find some more on this said info that would please me.

This is odd.. they may be preliminary sketches but I don't like them at all. they just look wrong for some reason lol.. And it's funny because I do like some of Mama's other work.. idk.. I think they just need to accept it already.. meh..

chicunsu wrote: OMG WTF, THIS IS GOING TO BECOME KATAWA SHOUJO.... IF THIS IS HOW THEY LOOK.... Then Katawa Shoujo is doomed in japan....

Ry74 wrote:

chicunsu wrote: OMG WTF, THIS IS GOING TO BECOME KATAWA SHOUJO.... IF THIS IS HOW THEY LOOK.... Then Katawa Shoujo is doomed in japan....

Well, the odds are against fan-projects. For every one that gets completed, there about a bajillion that people give up partway through.

Totaku wrote:While I'm at it he posted somewhere his first initial sketches of Misha, Shizune, and Emi.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7108/1326118997401.jpg

What's your take on this? I personally think this may be a few Japanese overreacting out of surprised of where KS came from ATM. But yeah is anyone can find some more on this said info that would please me.

Totaku wrote: While I'm at it he posted somewhere his first initial sketches of Misha, Shizune, and Emi.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7108/1326118997401.jpg

dragonfi wrote:

CindehQ wrote:Certainly if Japan released a dating sim called "Negro Girls" I would probably assume it's an offensive game.

Oh, you will love this peculiar brand of candy we have here in Hungary.
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http://www.fellowplaza.hu/files/product ... 1582_1.jpg

It's called Negro.

It's original flavor is a black, hard-candy with anise-menthol flavoring.
According to Wikipedia it was invented by Pietro Negro somewhere around 1920. I don't know if this is true, but I'm sure the name of the product is at least a pun on the spanish/portugese word "black".
Apart from the brand, the (bulk) wrapper sports a picture of a chimney-sweeper on it, along with the slogan "The chimney-sweeper of the troath."

So yeah... It's perfectly benign once you look behind the name. (And I do like the herbal-like flavor, but that's beside the point.)

rhfs wrote:Sankaku Complex has a known history of ridiculous sensationalism to make their articles more popular. It looks like this is just another one. I personally don't trust anything the site says.

I think the OP should probably mention something along the lines of this in the first post, using big, friendly letters.

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Don't you think that it has a strange beauty that our dear KS game is severely handicapped in it's own way, regarding first impressions?

Guest wrote:Screw the haters, the title might translate poorly; but tbh this novel makes people MORE AWARE and UNDERSTANDING of certain issues people have to live with~

I mean hell, I myself am legally blind (though not nearly as bad as Kenji) and I can actual nod in understanding at Lilly and Kenji in the small prejudices they face every day when Hisao has odd reactions to them; and I think it is an insight the writers have as well-i dont know if from personal knowledge, or jsut open-mindedness, but still.

People that bash this game for being discrinatory have obvisouly never even bothered to try it. thus making their voice invalid imo.