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@Richmond_Lee
Oct 3, 2020 • 10 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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Hey 90s kids! Remember manga kiosks at the mall? Well they still exist in Thailand! And hot dang! Look at this selection! Holy cow they're reprinting "What's Michael?"!!! ImageImageImage
Today is a good day. God I love this comic! Best cat comic ever!
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Me: Why don't they reprint What's Michael in English? Best cartoon cat ever!

What's Michael:
Ch 1: Michael dies

Ch 2: Full frontal nudity. Pubes. Queef joke

Ch 3: Michael & several cats including mother & kittens shot dead point blank

Ch 4: adorable dancing

#ホワッツマイケル ImageImageImageImage
A lot of parents are going to be buying this for their kids without checking the age rating lol.

Honestly even I have forgotten how adult oriented What's Michael was. Most of the chapters are fun all ages affairs. But it IS a Seinen comic at heart.

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OMG. This reprint includes photos of the original Michael!!! There was a real life Michael??!!!!
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I want to reiterate, while What's Michael? does occasionally have some adult humour (and even violent deaths🙀) it's never truly mean spirited. Always fun. Also there's no set story or characters or setting. It's always shifting. And my god, this allows for some amazing comics! ImageImageImage
God I love this comic!
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What's Michael? is sooooooo gooood! Must read if you're a cat lover!
#WhatsMichael #ホワッツマイケル Image
Michael's first appearance was actually in a "How to Draw Manga" series that Makoto Kobayashi was already drawing. That's why Michael dies in the first chapter. It was supposed to be a one off joke, but the character became popular and that set the tone for the resulting comics! Image
Btw you can still get What's Michael? trade paperbacks from Dark Horse! They did a great job translating it! It's one of the best comics out there. I super duper recommend it!

(Darkhorse edition reads left to right)

darkhorse.com/Books/3004-968… ImageImageImage

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Apr 5
🧵Here's a great example of why you shouldn't always go by Western sources on non Western subjects

Eng Wikipedia page: Yoshitoshi was the last Ukyo-e master. The art died with him😔

JPN Wikipedia page: Yoshitoshi had over a dozen notable protegés with their own Wiki entries 😃

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🧵The Western take on Yoshitoshi is that he was a tragic figure waging a lone war against industrialization and modernization. A war that he lost and thus the traditions he championed died with him. It's a romantic notion that also satisfies tons of biases.
🧵But it's so far from the truth. Yes Ukyo-e fell out of favor for more modern methods of reproduction like photography. But it never died out. For instance there was the Shin-hanga (新版画) movement of the early 20th Century, whose purpose was to keep Ukyo-e alive and evolve it.

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Mar 16, 2023
1. Manga has been more popular than Marvel or DC comics in the west for decades now

2. Marvel & DC =/= All American comics. Dog Man is one of the best selling books (not just comics) in the US. Americans definitely still enjoy reading American comics!
In fact, there have been times where Dog Man has been the #1 best selling book in the US overall!
Dog-Man is the most popular comic in America, outselling any manga. But for some reason it's not really considered a comic by most, i guess cos it's for kids? Where are the articles about how Dav Pilkey is a threat to Superhero comics lol
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Mar 14, 2023
Listening to this nice piece on the film "Living" and how the author, British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro was inspired by the Akira Kurosawa film "Ikiru," an internationally beloved classic whose title means "To Live."
npr.org/2023/03/06/116…
The piece drops the ball at the end tho, when the narrator says that the film "is not just a remake" and they have a Brit critic that goes "'Ikiru,' by Kurosawa, seems to be a film about Japan, 'Living,' by Ishiguro and his colleagues. seems to me a film about humanity"

Like WTF
What does that mean? Ikiru has been widely regarded as one of the "great films" internationally for decades. It's obviously very universal in its appeal. How is it that "Ikiru" being set in Japan makes it "about Japan" but "Living", being set in the UK, makes it "about humanity"?
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Mar 14, 2023
Western Samurai movies: We must preserve our honor above all else. Honor is everything (#honor)

Japanese Samurai Movies:
What I'm saying is Westerns were already the Samurai movies of the west
(literally)
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Mar 13, 2023
Sometimes I think about when Hail To The Thief dropped & this one music critic called it pretentious pap saying Thom Yorke simply screams the words "PENETRATION" over and over in 2+2=5. But the actual lyrics are "we are not even PAYING ATTENTION" lol
Oh man this album rules. It brings back so many TERRIBLE MEMORIES lol. But in a good way!
I think There There is one of Radiohead's best singles. Such a rich, downbeat, groovy, anxious sound. And what a perfect message for the times. "Just cos you feel it, doesn't mean it's there." Tough pill to swallow. But sometimes you really need to hear it
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Mar 13, 2023
I'm overdo for a food post! I hit up some nice places in Chiang Mai recently. #ArtEaterEats
Dirty Mocha from ... Google Maps has them listed as "Cutlater Cafe" but I could swear they had a Japanese sounding name. Probably rebranded without updating google. Anyhow it was a very good cup of coffee and a beautiful cafe!
#ArtEaterEats

location here:
goo.gl/maps/NWMtNhGY7…
In addition to great coffee this place specializes in wagashi, traditional Japanese sweets, which go perfectly with a hot drink (really I should have just gotten an Americano or cappuccino instead of a sweet drink to go with these!)

Cafe located here:
goo.gl/maps/NWMtNhGY7…
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